Improvement in spindle-steps



STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. P. KINNEY, OF SOUTH CARVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINDLE-STEPS.

Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. 59,037, dated October23, 1866.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. P. KINNEY, of South Carver, in the county ofPlymouth and State -of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedSpindle-Step; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure l is an external view of my invention with the step withdrawnfrom its socket; Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the same with thestep fitted in its socket; Fig. 3, a detached external view of the stepwithout the absorbent material.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to obtain a step for spindles andupright shafting generally which will retain the oil orlubricatingiiuid, prevent the same being thrown about or scattered,thereby preventing the step and the portion of the spindle or shaftwhich works therein from becoming dry, and consequently from heating,andalso preventing parts adjacentto the step from becoming soiled orgreased by the oil.

A represents a metallic socket, which is screwed or fitted in the xturewhere the spindle or shaft is to be stepped, and B is the step, which isalso of metal, and has its interior of a capacity to receive the journalor lower end of the spindie or shaft. This step B has its lower part ofa diameter equal to the interior of the socket A, so as to t snuglytherein, and 'said lower part is vgrooved circumferentially to receive awrapping, a, of

cotton yarn, lamp-wick, or other absorbent material, and the bottom ofthe step is also grooved for the yarn or wick to pass around it. Thisgrooved portion of the step is perforated with holes b. (See Figs. 2 and3.)

The upper end of the step B is formed with a ange, c, which rests on thetop of the socket A, and is grooved in its upper surface to form a cup,d, as shown in Fig. 2, and this cup communicates with the interior ofthesocket A by means of holes c. (See Fig. 2.) The yarn or lamp-wick aabout fills the groove in the step B, so that the former will be tlushwith the exterior of the latter.

The socket A is supplied with the oil or other fluid lubricatingmaterial, and the yarn or wick a becomes saturated with the same andkeeps the lower end of the spindle or shaft perfectly lubricated.

' If any oil should be forced up out of the step around the spindle orshaft the cup d will receive it, and it will pass down through the holesb into the socket A.

By this simple device spindles and upright shafting generally will bekept in a perfectlylubricated state, a saving of oil effected, and theinjury done by the escape of the same from the step avoided.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desirel to secureby Letters Patent- The socket A, in combination with the step B, thelatter being provided at its upper end with a cup, d, which rests on thetop of the socket and communicates with the socket by means of one ormore holes, e, and also provided with a groove to receive an absorbentmaterial, ai, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose setforth. l

AMOS P. KINNEY. Witnesses:

WM. SAVERY, MARY l). SAVERY

